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 ====== 3G / Mobile support for APdesk and MESHdesk ====== ====== 3G / Mobile support for APdesk and MESHdesk ======
 +{{ :user_guide:apdesk:img_20161012_143220.jpg?nolink |}}
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
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       * **Enable** will enable all the fields which you can then populate.       * **Enable** will enable all the fields which you can then populate.
       * **Disable** will disable an existing mobile configuration (provided there is one)       * **Disable** will disable an existing mobile configuration (provided there is one)
 +      * See the following screenshot which was for one of my 3G dongles
 +{{ :user_guide:3g_option.png?nolink |}}
 +
 +<WRAP center round tip 90%>
 +  * The following URL has a nice list of APN and usernames for various providers over the world:
 +  * http://www.3g.co.za/index.php/information/mobile-data-connectivity
 +</WRAP>
 +
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   * Now that the device is pre-configured it can use the mobile connection to get Internet access and fetch the rest of its settings from the RADIUSdesk server.   * Now that the device is pre-configured it can use the mobile connection to get Internet access and fetch the rest of its settings from the RADIUSdesk server.
  
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     * The latest version of the **MESHdesk Node Config Utility**     * The latest version of the **MESHdesk Node Config Utility**
     * Hardware that can access the mobile network eg. a 3G Dongle.     * Hardware that can access the mobile network eg. a 3G Dongle.
 +  * On the exit points of both **MESHdesk** meshed and APdesk AP Profiles you **cannot** have an exit point that is bridged with Ethernet
 +  * You can have a:
 +    * Captive Portal
 +    * NAT + DHCP
 +    * OpenVPN Bridge
 +
 +-----------------
 +
 +===== Lets get technical =====
 +For those technical people, the next section is aimed at you.
 +  * The MESHdesk Node Config Utility will insert an entry into the **/etc/config/meshdesk** config file that looks just like the interface declaration in the **/etc/config/network** file. Here is a sample
 +  * This means you can actually pre-build / configure the device, provided they do not require a pin or the pin is common among the devices which you will flash the firmware on.
 +  * It also means you can disable the interface in **/etc/config/meshdesk**.
 +  * The script which sets up the device will check if there is a **wwan** entry in the meshdesk config file and if it is there and active it will include that declaration in the **/etc/config/network** file and reload the networking.
 +  * If you need more inf on getting your mobile dongle working, refer to this pages:
 +  * https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/3gdongle
 +  * Although the above page has lots of information, I got two dongles tested and running with the minimal effort and using the default values.
  
 +<code bash>
 +config interface 'wwan'
 +        option proto '3g'
 +        option service 'umts'
 +        option pincode 1234
 +        option apn 'internet'
 +        option username 'guest'
 +        option device '/dev/ttyUSB0'
 +</code>
  
  
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